''Cosmodiscus'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s in the family
Carabidae
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fam ...
, first described by
Thomas Gibson Sloane
Thomas Gibson Sloane (20 April 185820 October 1932) was an Australian sheep grazier and entomologist, considered to be one of the pioneers in Australia's entomology field.
Early life
Sloane was born 20 April 1858 in St Kilda, Melbourne, Vict ...
in 1907.
Species
''Cosmodiscus'' contains the following species:
* ''
Cosmodiscus basilewskyi
''Cosmodiscus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by Thomas Gibson Sloane in 1907.
Species
''Cosmodiscus'' contains the following species:
* '' Cosmodiscus basilewskyi'' Straneo, 1956
* '' Cosmodiscus brunneus'' ...
''
Straneo, 1956
* ''
Cosmodiscus brunneus
''Cosmodiscus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by Thomas Gibson Sloane in 1907.
Species
''Cosmodiscus'' contains the following species:
* ''Cosmodiscus basilewskyi'' Straneo, 1956
* '' Cosmodiscus brunneus'' D ...
''
Darlington, 1962
* ''
Cosmodiscus kivuana
''Cosmodiscus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by Thomas Gibson Sloane in 1907.
Species
''Cosmodiscus'' contains the following species:
* ''Cosmodiscus basilewskyi'' Straneo, 1956
* ''Cosmodiscus brunneus'' Da ...
''
(Burgeon, 1935)
* ''
Cosmodiscus mirei
''Cosmodiscus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by Thomas Gibson Sloane in 1907.
Species
''Cosmodiscus'' contains the following species:
* ''Cosmodiscus basilewskyi'' Straneo, 1956
* ''Cosmodiscus brunneus'' Da ...
''
Straneo, 1995
* ''
Cosmodiscus platynotus
''Cosmodiscus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by Thomas Gibson Sloane
Thomas Gibson Sloane (20 April 185820 October 1932) was an Australian sheep grazier and entomologist, considered to be one of the pioneer ...
''
Bates, 1873
* ''
Cosmodiscus rubripictus
''Cosmodiscus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by Thomas Gibson Sloane in 1907.
Species
''Cosmodiscus'' contains the following species:
* ''Cosmodiscus basilewskyi'' Straneo, 1956
* ''Cosmodiscus brunneus'' Da ...
''
Sloane, 1907
* ''
Cosmodiscus rufoapicalis
''Cosmodiscus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by Thomas Gibson Sloane in 1907.
Species
''Cosmodiscus'' contains the following species:
* ''Cosmodiscus basilewskyi'' Straneo, 1956
* ''Cosmodiscus brunneus'' Da ...
''
Fedorenko, 2021
* ''
Cosmodiscus rufolimbatus
''Cosmodiscus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by Thomas Gibson Sloane
Thomas Gibson Sloane (20 April 185820 October 1932) was an Australian sheep grazier and entomologist, considered to be one of the pioneer ...
''
Jedlicka, 1936
* ''
Cosmodiscus sharovae
''Cosmodiscus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by Thomas Gibson Sloane in 1907.
Species
''Cosmodiscus'' contains the following species:
* ''Cosmodiscus basilewskyi'' Straneo, 1956
* ''Cosmodiscus brunneus'' Da ...
''
Fedorenko, 2021
* ''
Cosmodiscus umeralis''
Andrewes, 1937
References
Pterostichinae
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